Railway-rail.



J. S. POX.

RAILWAY BAIL.

APPLIGATIOH FILED HAY a, 1911.

1,01 0,886. Patented Deu 6. 19111 James J Z0 3'.

JAMFs S. FOX, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 625,998.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, JAMES S. Fox, a subjtt of the King of (treat Britain, residing at Jackson. in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan], have invented new and useful lmprovements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a apecifiration.

This invention relates to railway rails, the object of the invention being to provide a rail oi this oharaeter which is eonstrurtml of sections and arranged so as to give addit'ional strength to the ra and to provide means whereby the ball of the rail can be readily removed when worn and replaced by a new one at a minimum cost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cushioning element between the rail sections, the said element being so arranged that it, will hold the sections of the rail against moving relatively or creeping.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1 is a side view of the rail. Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

The rail comprises a hall member 1 and a base meinher 2, the former having an in tegral centrally located depending \veh Whlt'h fits in the space 4 defined h v the standards or vertical portions 5 of the seetion 2. The underside of the hall 1 is pro vided at. opposite sides of the Wei) 3 with ri-aa-sses 6 in whieh the upper ends of the. spaced standards-'5 are fitted, the walls 7 of the-recesses (3 lining spaced from the up per edges of the standards 5 for a purpose to he hereinafter deserihed. The standards 5 of the memher 2 are formed integral with a hase flange 8 whirh may he attarherl in the usual well known mann r to the rdinary rail supporting lies, (not shown). The surt'ares t) of the reces es (l are disposed at the sides of the standards Ii to l'orm guards hv means of whirh any lateral thrust of the hall l may he trannnilted to the standards ii of the ha -e set-t idn 2 ol' the rail.

The hottom of the web 3 is formed with a longitiuliuallv xtending retaining poelcet l llle wall of which heingr extended dirertly' into the Hat horizontal eurl'aees 11 on the hottolo ot' the \wh. ru.--hioniu;; eie

the walls of the. groove 10. the Hui-fares 11 and the wall 13 of the hase memher. the said element permitting the hall 1 to yield under the weight of the rolling stoelc. the element 12 also forming a substantial eon linuous frietiori surtai-e i-onstituting retarding means to prevent longitudinal creep in; of the hall. By providing the groove 10 in the bottom of the \veh i, it presents a very hroad eontaeting: sui he for the cushioning element 12. lurthernrne. the. groove forms a retainer to hold the sand operativetv ironlined against the hottom of the wall 11 of the ha sertion 2 From the eon truotion desvrihed it will he seen that the usual grinding noises produced h the rolling stoi-k's travel over the rail will he taken up h the elastir element 19 and ahs-orhed therehv. The eonstruetiou not only eliminates sueh disagreeahle noises hut aids materially in preserving the respeetive sertions ot' the rail. The eonstrur'tion is also surh that the nations can hemore convenientl handled than a rail made from a solid [llt'il' of material and it d sired. the use of fastening: deviees t'or eonnerting' the seetions ot' the rail with eat-h other may he entirely eliminated the would ot the hall $tt'li0n and its t'mttitt'thul with the haw ertion heing suliieieut to hold the otions lmeratirel v assoeiated with Itltl] other.

I elaim:

A rail eomprising a ha e seetion, stand-- ards extending upwardly from the base sertion and spared to form an intervening reress, :rhall member ha vine reeesses reeeiving the upper ends oi the standards of the hase member, a web formed on the underside of the hall na-mher and extending into the reress of the hase inemher and provided at its hottom with 'a longitudinal groove and with llat tar-es adiareut to the groove, and an t'lnrdit' element interposed hetu'een the g'roow and tlat l ar-e re peetively and the hottom wall of the reei'ss in the ho e n|emher.

in testimony \rhereotl ailix my signaturiie in present-e of two witnesses.

JAMES 9, FOX.

Witnesses:

It. It. ltossims. l5. E. liltuwt'llt. 

